{"id":1407597,"date":"2022-03-29T14:30:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407597"},"modified":"2022-03-29T14:30:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:30:31","slug":"ukrainian-celebrity-chef-serves-up-free-meals-for-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-celebrity-chef-serves-up-free-meals-for-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian celebrity chef serves up free meals for refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukrainian-celebrity-chef-serves-up-free-meals-for-refugees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407597&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>Ukrainian celebrity chef Ievgen Klopotenko checks a borscht soup in his restaurant\u2019s kitchen, in Lviv, Ukraine, March 29, 2022. Klopotenko, who came from Kyiv to Lviv when Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine started, opened a restaurant where he offers free meals for refugees. REUTERS\/Alkis Konstantinidis<\/div>\n<p>March 29, 2022<\/p>\n<p>By Joseph Campbell<\/p>\n<p>LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) \u2013     When Russia began its assault on Ukraine in February, Ukrainian chef Ievgen Klopotenko\u2019s gut reaction was not to pick up a gun.<\/p>\n<p>His restaurant is called \u201cInshni\u201d, Ukrainian for \u201cOthers\u201d. Opened just over a week ago in the western city of Lviv, it serves free meals to anyone who asks for menu no. 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understood that I\u2019m not very good with the guns \u2026 but I know that I\u2019m a very nice warrior with a knife,\u201d said Klopotenko, who is a household name across his country. \u201cMy aim and my mission in life is to feed the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A winner of the Ukrainian version of MasterChef, Klopotenko made headlines several years ago when he campaigned to place Ukrainian borscht, a reddish beet and cabbage soup, on UNESCO\u2019s world heritage list. The Russian government contested the claim.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant\u2019s funding has come from Klopotenko\u2019s own pocket, donations and paying customers who eat from a separate menu.<\/p>\n<p>Klopotenko said the majority of those eating the free meals have fled their homes in other parts of Ukraine and are making their way to Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Olena Severinova, who was forced to leave her home in eastern Donetsk region due to bombardments from advancing Russian forces, has come to \u201cOthers\u201d every day since she arrived in Lviv.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was forced to resettle because of the war,\u201d said the 73-year-old, crying. \u201cThank you to everyone for actively taking part in saving our lives \u2026 He fed us for free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Joseph Campbell; Editing by Mike Collett-White)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian celebrity chef Ievgen Klopotenko checks a borscht soup in his restaurant\u2019s kitchen, in Lviv, Ukraine, March 29, 2022. 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